Means testing stigmatizes military vets

Veterans Affairs benefits should be available to all military veterans without "means testing," just like the GI Bill of Rights.

Veterans Affairs benefits should be available to all military veterans without “means testing,” just like the GI Bill of Rights.

As it is currently, in order for a vet to receive VA benefits, he or she must first qualify as being poor. Because of this “qualification” that labels a vet as a poor person, the current treatment (and attitude) toward the veteran at all VA facilities is substandard compared with the treatment vets would receive at a private facility.

The solution is to remove the means-testing requirement and treat all veterans as equal and not treat some as second-class citizens.